OSHA Inspection: LENOX, AMERICAN SAW & MFG. CO.

Issued

2012-02-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm in that the
operator of a coil hoist
was exposed to the pinch point of two steel coils when he was preparing to
lift a coil to the
vertical position from the horizontal position:
One feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to
use a coil upender.
RAW STOCK:  AN EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION OF HIS LEFT INDEX
FINGER WHEN HE REACHED INTO A STEEL COIL TO MOVE A SPACER AND
ATTACH A HOIST HOOK.  THE SPACER MOVED CAUSING THE COIL TO SLIP AND
PINCH HIS FINGER.
SPECIFIC ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION DEMONSTRATING THAT ABATEMENT
IS COMPLETE MUST BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).